Neko no Hi / ねこ の ひ
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film type animated film Production Country Germany production year 2018 runtime 11'09 colour Color
screening format DCP aspect ratio 1.85:1 sound format Dolby Surround original-language Japanese subtitles English
screening format Media File (ProRes, mp4, mov) aspect ratio 1.78:1 (16:9) sound format Stereo original-language Japanese subtitles English

Jiro, a little boy, feels sick. His father takes him to the doctor's. She diagnoses a harmless condition. But it shakes the core of the boy's identity.

Sign Language Inserts German Sign Language
Contact: Kurzfilm Agentur Hamburg, Anne Jagemann
http://verleih.shortfilm.com +49 40 39106318
director Jon Frickey Animation Jon Frickey Editing Jon Frickey DOP Jon Frickey Production Jon Frickey Script Jon Frickey Cast Iroha Sato, Kanon Yamamoto, Yusuke Yamasaki Original Score Satoko Shibata Sound Design David Kamp
Festivals
2018 Berlinale - Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin, Germany
2018 Internationales Trickfilm-Festival Stuttgart (ITFS), Germany (Grand Prix)
2018 FILMFEST DRESDEN - International Short Film Festival, Dresden, Germany (Goldene*r Reiter*in für GeschlechterGerechtigkeit, ARTE-Kurzfilmpreis)
2018 KROK International Animated Films Festival, Russian Federation (Special Jury Prize)
2018 New York International Children's Film Festival, New York City, USA
2018 Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia, Osaka, Tokyo, Japan
2018 Aspen Shortsfest, USA
2018 Palm Springs International ShortFest, USA
2018 Sapporo International Short Film Festival and Market, Japan
2018 AFI FEST Los Angeles International Film Festival, USA
2018 Fantoche - International Animation Film Festival, Baden, Switzerland
2018 Kaohsiung Film Festival, Taiwan
2018 Uppsala International Short Film Festival, Sweden
Awards
2018 Nominierung Deutscher Kurzfilmpreis Deutscher Kurzfilmpreis 2018
Production
  • Jon Frickey
Distribution
  • Kurzfilm Agentur Hamburg
  • Anne Jagemann
  • Bodenstedtstr. 16
  • 22765 Hamburg
  • +49 40 39106318
  • http://verleih.shortfilm.com
Sales
  • Kurzfilm Agentur Hamburg
  • Anna Leimbrinck
  • Bodenstedtstr.16
  • 22765 Hamburg
  • Germany
  • +49 40 3910 6328
  • http://shortfilmsales.com

Jon Frickey

Lives and works in Hamburg as an animator and illustrator

Filmography
2008 Keine Angst vorm Atom
2014 Michelles Opfer
2015 Giza Quasar
2023 Zoopticon - Songs from a Posthuman Ark